Middle East Tensions Rise as US Strikes Iranian Nuclear Sites
In the end, what was feared happened. America has also jumped openly into the fire of war between Iran and Israel. The US has attacked and destroyed Iran's three nuclear bases Ford, Natanz and Isfahan. US President Donald Trump described this attack as the most successful military attack in history and said that Iran is the largest terrorist in the Middle East, we showed strength, now it is time for peace. With this, the war in the Middle East has reached a dangerous point. Angered by the attack, Iran has now rained missiles on Israel.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has ordered an attack on the US Navy in Bahrain. Kill them wherever you see the Americans and close the Strait of Hormuz. There is a long history of hostility between Iran and the United States. Iran's diplomatic relations with the US began in the late 19th century when Iran tried to counter British and Russian influence. This included cultural and economic exchanges, in which the United States supported Iran's modernization efforts, but in 1953 the U.S. and Britain staged a coup to overthrow Iran's democratically elected prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh.
Mohammed Mossadegh nationalized the oil industry. The incident restored Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to the throne of Iran, causing widespread resentment among Iranians against US interference in their domestic affairs. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi continued to be considered pro-American, but then came the period after which Iran declared America its enemy number one. In 1979, there was an Islamic revolution in Iran, after which the pro-US Shah was ousted, but the US gave political asylum to the Shah. This led to an attack on the US embassy in Tehran and 52 American hostages were held hostage for 444 days. This incident made Iran an enemy of America forever. The U.S. broke diplomatic ties after the hostage crisis. Iran's supreme leader at the time, Ayatollah Khomeini, called the United States "the Great Satan."
The Islamic Republic of Iran is based on a revolutionary ideology that opposes Western influence. On the other hand, domestic political considerations in the US have also played an important role in maintaining this hostility. The influence of pro-Israel lobbying groups and military industrial groups continues to shape policies that see Iran as the principal enemy. Iran had also made a nuclear deal with the US, but if it did not follow the agreement, Donald Trump separated from the agreement. The US had imposed tough economic and military sanctions on Iran considering its nuclear program as a threat. The enmity between the two reached a peak in 2019 when Iran's most powerful general Qasim Sulemani was killed.
Now the question is how much Iran retaliates. If he continues to attack, the war will expand and only destruction will take place. It is not yet possible to predict whether other countries will burn their hands in this fire of war. The world is paying a very high price for wars right now. Children in the Gaza Strip, victims of Israeli attacks, are not getting two meals a day and water. More than 54,000 people have been killed in the Israeli-Hamas war. Millions of people have become homeless. It is undoubtedly necessary to suppress terrorism from a humanitarian point of view, but it is inhuman to throw any country into the fire of war with a sense of vengeance.
There is no doubt that Iran supports terrorist groups, including Hamas and Hezbollah, which are directly opposed to Israel. War is nothing but catastrophe. The whole world will have to bear the brunt of making the land developed by wars into ruins. Global powers will have to control the conditions leading to the third world war. Circumstances will tell whether the path will be of peace or destruction.